“Son, are you happy?
I don't mean to pry,
but do you dream of Heaven?
Have you ever wanted to die?”
― The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
I don't mean to pry,
but do you dream of Heaven?
Have you ever wanted to die?”
― The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people began to appear: cranks, imbeciles, the demented, the vengeful, sadists, killers. Modern society had created its own kind and they feasted on each other. It was a duel to the death--in a cesspool.”
― Women
― Women
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
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